Material on John Harrison
"...in a remote English village called "Barrow-on-Humbar," a carpenter named John Harrison was teaching himself clock making. He had no formal education, but his clocks were highly original. Harrison learned his craft while observing village life around him..."
Updated July 20, 2007
John Harrison in Film
Lost at Sea - The Search For Longitude
Great PBS Nova documentary on John Harrison and his timekeepers - Includes interviews with Andrew King.
John Harrison and his Timekeepers at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Tells the story of Longitude and the most important clocks ever made -- 45 minute documentary produced by the National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Includes interviews with the Royal Observatory's Curator of Horology, Jonathan Betts, and excellent, previously unseen close-up footage of the mechanisms (running) within H1, H2, H3 & H4, as well the first Grasshopper Escapement in the Brocklesby Park clock, and his very first long case clocks
(Unfortunately, no longer available from the National Maritime Museum; however, you might be able to find it used)
A&E's Longitude
Superb dramatic depiction of Harrison's quest, adapted from Dava Sobel's bestselling book Longitude. Michael Gambon as Harrison, Jeremy Irons as Rupert Gould
John Harrison's Timekeepers in books
The Marine Chronometer, Its History and Developments
Gould's Masterpiece Re-release (not yet released)
Time Restored: The Harrison Timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the Man Who Knew (Almost) Everything
The story of Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), Biography by Jonathan Betts